Here's one to get you started

02/22/2011
1 PM
Simply Self Storage
1925 PA Route 309
Allentown, PA 18104

You're sending him on a 280 plus mile trip (ONE WAY) from Pittsburg to Allentown. Back to geography class ?

Lookey Lunatics !  Good one and should catch on around these threads. 

The income tax return suggestion has been made in my area for years and is probably valid especially when tied into the tv shows as a GUARANTEED way to make at least $1k on EVERY locker you buy. 

I once had a 18" square box of sports cards at the flea market and I know next to nothing about them and usually won't do much more than a quick flip through.

Anyway a guy asked how much for the box and I told him to make me an offer. I was floored when he said $100, but I stayed cool and just said..."That's fine."

There must have been something good in there, but I doubt it was Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle.

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Another time I put a reproduction Babe Ruth card in a glass display case (Oh, it MUST be valuable) and a guy who looked like he hadn't gotten past the 6th grade was ELATED when I only asked $1 for it. YES, it was a reproduction clearly dated 2004 or so.

Once again they mentioned (during a segment on junk lockers) that THEY GET ONE GOOD LOCKER OUT OF EVERY 10 OR 11 THEY BUY.

If only the newbies would REMEMBER THAT !

Nope, this wasn't the finale....it was a special with new footage and some "lessons" in how to be an auction hunter. Kind of like these forums ? !

I Tivo-ed this since I was out at live broadcast time and have worked my way through about the first hour. Not all that impressed, but some of the ideas I've used myself. My main thought is that the only REAL way to learn about this biz is to JUST DO IT.

You can't really give a lesson in how to read a locker, how to read the competition, etc. I think it just grows on you with time, success and error.

They're just getting ready to show some of the "failure" lockers they've bought in the past. That should be refreshing since the first 4 episodes a few months ago show a gun in each episode.

Their new season starts in April and they're going on the road....to Flordia.

So, the two series continue....

Mr. A....

Your post #10 is really interesting; can't get how this guy blames it on you; you didn't want to buy his stuff; he's mad at himself for jumping off the cliff.

Yep, he might bid some people up and then get stuck with the locker especially if you inform all the old-timers.

What an idiot he is.

The following comes to mind:

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"
"Bigger is better" (I don't believe that...marketing pros been selling this idea for years)

A little off for this topic, but "racial" or "demographic" profiling comes into play from a size standpoint too. If you have had bad luck with lockers from any particular ethnic group, if you buy a larger locker from them you will simply end up with more trash to haul away.